Astros 0, Pirates 9
L: Roy Oswalt, W: Paul Maholm
To quote Austro, “The Astros have been almost comically inept at times this year. Saturday night was one of those times.” Just change Saturday night to Sunday afternoon.
I do not believe a single batter in the Astros lineup puts fear into an opposing pitcher. Paul Maholm tossed a 3-hitter. 3 hits on the whole afternoon. Now, I’ll give an opposing pitcher credit, but really, Paul Maholm. He’s not known as a dominating pitcher.
The Astros pitching staff gave up 19 hits, 8 of which were for extra bases. Tim Byrdak and Gustavo Chacin were the only pitchers to not allow any runs.
This was just a shitty game. The Astros had 4 baserunners on the day, 2 erased by double plays.
Oh well, maybe they were saving all the hits and runs for the next series against the Cubs. God, I hope so.